A dough-licious delight!
The “last” bagels from a beloved New York Metropolis store that unexpectedly shuttered this week following an alarming well being inspection are actually up for public sale on eBay – permitting heartbroken clients one final probability to munch on the well-known breakfast staple.
The itemizing provides followers of Absolute Bagels another probability to scoop up plain, cinnamon raisin and pumpernickel bagels from the Higher West Aspect staple that opened within the Nineties.
However taking a chunk out of a bit of “NYC history” will come at a steep value, because the bidding begins at a whopping $14.99 per bagel.
Bidders can even buy the trio of bagels for $49.99, in line with the net market.
“Being auctioned are some of THE LAST Absolute Bagels ever made,” the vendor wrote.
“Unfortunately, Absolute Bagels closed on December 12, 2024, meaning a piece of Upper West Side and NYC history has been lost. Luckily, these bagels, purchased before the health inspection, have been kept frozen, and could be yours!”
The shop, situated on Broadway between West 107th and 108th streets, was shut down by the town’s Division of Well being following a failed inspection that uncovered rat droppings within the meals preparation, storage and repair areas.
Inspectors, who slapped the eatery with a 67-violation sheet Wednesday, mentioned sugar packets beneath the bagel counter have been clearly gnawed on by the pesky critters and rodent’s lifeless our bodies have been left to rot in glue traps on high of the walk-in unit.
“We ordered a closure because we found pest and food contamination conditions posing an imminent public health hazard,” the Well being Division mentioned.
Absolute Bagels has been constantly rated as among the best within the metropolis over the past three a long time and was particularly famed for serving an assortment of offbeat-flavored bagels and schmears similar to walnut cream cheese.
The sudden closure shocked loyal clients and foodies — a few of whom have made the breakfast joint a part of their morning routine all through its 30-year run.
“I’m honestly going to go home and cry,” Kathryn Swaine, 53, advised The Submit, noting that she had gotten an every part bagel with plain cream cheese and tomato from the store daily.
“It’s the center of this neighborhood…Everyone inside — they feel like family. They’ve literally adopted me as their family. That’s what makes it special. It’s not a big business. They know everyone who comes in there.”
There isn’t a phrase if the eatery — which quickly closed in 2013 and 2017 for comparable situations — will reopen. Rafe Evans, who first rented the area to proprietor Samek Thongkrieng in 1992, was advised by the proprietor to let it go.
As of Saturday night time, no bids had been positioned on any of the 4 auctions. The vendor is providing free delivery with an estimated supply date between Dec. 27 and Jan. 3.
The public sale is about to run out on Dec. 23.
